🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Can anyone identify this button?

[claire]

Can anyone identify this button? It was found in a wooded area in Oysterbay LI

 

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[Red-Coat]

That’s the Bretagne (Brittany, France) coat of arms. The seller of this piece doesn’t have it quite right. The motto on the bottom scroll is not “AMAVIE”, but “A MA VIE”, meaning “my life until I die.”

Your button won’t necessarily be from the same era and isn’t necessarily for any official purpose. It could just be local patriotism.